Several of Robert Burns' poems deal with the supernatural. This book intends to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth, looks at the world of himself and his contemporaries and tries to understand their fears and emotions, with particular reference to 'Tam o Shanter'.

In 1998, on the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream and became a UN relief worker in Somalia, a place where the only authority comes from a loaded gun. Held at gunpoint by a child soldier, watching a baby die in his arms, the experience profoundly changed the way he saw the world.

What did Queen Victoria have for dinner? And how did this compare with the meals of the poor in the 19th century? This account of English eating habits since the Industrial Revolution answers these questions and more.

Companion text to Useful Toil , this book is based on previously unpublished manuscripts. It provides a record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of 19th-century working-class life.

Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late 17th century to the present. Connecting drinks and related substances to empire as well, the book also covers the drinks revolution of the 1990s.

Focusing on the ordinary people of the 19th century, this book comprises 27 extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people. These tell of their working experiences, as well as their hopes and their fears, and reveal the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs.

Recognizing and discriminating between fungal populations and the genetical processes that accompany them, including speciation is a rapidly developing field. This text describes the methodologies employed and an introduction to basic fungal biology. It discusses the taxonomic problems raised by fungal species, with the processes of speciation.

Discusses the motivations involved with relief work in high-risk zones. This book shows the way that the various aid agencies (even competing UN agencies) work against each other to gain credit and press exposure, and how savage people can be when they are desperate.

Idle Hands focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems.

Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late 17th century to the present. Connecting drinks and related substances to empire as well, the book also covers the drinks revolution of the 1990s.

In 1998 John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream and became a UN relief worker. On the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, Burnett was completely unprepared for the realities of working in a country without government or law. The experience of being an aid-worker changed the way he sees the world.